Newsletter/March 2008

STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES

OIART at the 2008 Grammys

OIART Grad Matt Green (2003) worked on Kanye West's "Graduation", which won 4 Grammy awards, for Rap Album, Song, Solo and Group Performance. Matt also worked on Barbara Streisand's "Live in Concert 2006" album, nominated for Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and "Give it to Me" by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Congratulations to Ryan Castle (OIART Grad 1998), engineer of the Best Song Written for Motion Picture or Television nominee, "You Know My Name" from the Casino Royale Soundtrack, by Chris Cornell from the album "Carry On", also engineered by Ryan.

OIART Grad Jeff Pelletier (2004) worked on Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" nominated for numerous Grammy Awards.

Lastly, congratulations to Dean Nelson (OIART Grad 2000), mix assistant to Jack Joesph Puig on Fergie's "Big Girl's Don't Cry", nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal performance.

A special congratulations to current OIART student Michael Tompkins, who engineered Shad's "The Old Prince” in his studio. Dubbed "Canada's Best Rapper" by the National Post, Shad is nominated for Rap Recording of the Year.

Congratulations also to R&B/Soul Album of the Year nominee artists God Made Me Funky, who were recorded by OIART students in 2007 during the Student Recording Sessions.

OIART guest lecturer and current Recording Engineer of the Year, John "Beetle" Bailey is nominated again in the engineer category, as is our friend and Audio Industry Advisory Committee member Kevin Churko, nominated for his work in the past year with the legendary Ozzy Osbourne.

OIART Juno Nominees
OIART Grad Jeff Pelletier (2004) worked on several Juno nominated albums: International Album of the Year nominee Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad", R&B Soul Album of the Year nominee Jully Black's "Revival", Vocal Jazz Album of the Year nominee Michael Kaeshammer's "Day's Like These", and the upcoming album by Group of the Year nominee Finger Eleven. Jeff has also recently worked on the new Rush and Thornley albums at Phase One Studios in Toronto with producer Nick Raskulinecz. Great work Jeff!

OIART Grad Wins the ECMA 2008
Technician/Engineer Award
OIART Grad Michael Shepherd (1998) won the 2008 ECMA's Engineer of the Year Award. Congratulations! The Technician/Engineer of the Year award recognizes excellence in the fields of live sound, lighting, technical, and sound engineering.

As well, OIART Grad Mike Cashin (2000) engineered and assisted on Nathan Wiley's ECMA nominated album, "The City Destroyed Me", which was produced by OIART guest lecturer, the legendary Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.

PREVIOUS HEADLINES

2008.02
OIART Goes Backstage at Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Rain Tour

2007.12
OIART Grad Jeff Pelletier at Phase One Studios Toronto
OIART Grad Graham Van Pelt's Miracle Fortress Nominated for Polaris Prize
OIART Grads Chris O'Driscoll & Adam Bell at Streamlogics, Toronto
OIART Grad Jeremy Pollock at Theatre D Digital, Toronto
OIART Grad Joel Martin at Canadian Idol
OIART Grad Paul Bell at DaCapo Productions, Winnipeg

2007.10
OIART Guest Lecturer:
Stacey Dodds of Technicolor, California
OIART sponsors WCMA Recording Studio of the YearGrad News:
Jason Dufor - Joao Carvalho Mastering
Pat Crosby - State of the Art Acoustiks
Corey Kennedy - Sound Art
Eric Leavell - Prairie Sun Studios, California

2007.09
OIART Celebrates its 25th Anniversary!
And welcomes 07/08 students from all across Canada, the USA, Mexico, Spain, India, Pakistan and Barbados!
Box Office Success
Grad Rob Nokes - SFX Recordist for 3:10 to Yuma
Chart Success
Grad Matt Green - Kante West, 50 cent, Timbaland
Gemini Nominations
Grads Danielle McBride, Paul Williamson, Jacob Thiesen, Brian Eimer, and Damian Kearns

2007.08
August OIART Guest Lecturers
John Bailey
Juno Engineer of the Year 2007
Dan Daniels
Two- time Gemini Winner
Craig Kadoke
Live Theatre Sound, The Lion King, Mamma Mia, 
Lord of the Rings
Damian Kearns
CBC, The Royal Canadian Air Farce, The Fifth Estate

2007.07
July OIART Guest Lecturers
Vic Florencia
Juno Engineer of the Year 2006
Steve Berlin
Los Lobos
Phil Manning
Westbury National Show Systems
John Hunter
Live Sound, Air Canada Centre, Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors
Michael Edward Jackson
Alliance Atlantis, TVOntario and CTV

2007.06
June OIART Guest Lecturers
Doug McClement
Live Wire Remote Recorders, Toronto
Michael Nunan
CTV, TSN, Discovery, NHL Network, Toronto
Ron Schroyens
Live Sound, The PA Shop, London
Mike Davidson
Delivers Digidesign Venue Seminar
John Acquaviva
Internationally Famous DJ, Electronic Music Pioneer, Entrepreneur

2007.04
OIART Juno Winners!
Mike Snow (OIART grad 2005) with Mary J. Blige
John Bartel (OIART grad 2005) at Discovery Channel
Kaz Okawa (OIART grad 2005) in Japan with Ito Yuna

2007.03
Shure and SF Marketing award OIART Student
Grad Marian Greksa at Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver
OIART at the East Coast Music Awards

2007.02
OIART Grads at the Grammy and Juno Awards

2007.01
OIART students at the London Blues Society Show
Mike Shepherd wins at Music Nova Scotia
Corey DeRushia at Electrial Audio
Thomas Hanson at Warehouse Studios Vancouver

2006.12
OIART at the Western Canadian Music Awards
Steve Scott, location sound recorder, at OIART
Grad Jon Bartel at CTV, TST, NHL Network
Grad Jeff Pelletier at Phase One
Grad Jon Konecny in the Mediterranean on the Norwegian Cruise Lines
Grad John Hunter at Air Canada Centre Toronto

2006.11
OIART celebrates 24 years of success!
Grads Dodds, Green & Snow - MIX Mag TEC awards
Ryan Castle engineering Wolfmother album
Toban Mills nominated for two Gemini awards

2006.07
World-Class DJ John Aquaviva at OIART
OIART student Mathieu Provost wins THX contest
Grad David Ciccarelli's Voices.com
Grad Michael Hayes, CBC Radio, Memorial Cup
Grad Jason Fisher, home theatre systems

2006.06
CTV Sound Supervisor, Michael Nunan on HD TV
Grad Michael Scott at Carbon Sound & Picture Toronto
Grad Nick Battist, Sun & Sound in Maui

2006.05
Shop Talk: ISACT in Action
Live Sound Guru Ron Schroeyens visits OIART
Beatles production comes to OIART
Greg Simpson & the CSBS Welcome OIART Students
OIART Guest Lecturer Vic Florencia Wins Juno

2006.04
Shop Talk: Christoph Hodgins-Babin - DTRS
Stacey adds Wonder to Chalice Recording Studios
Sherilyn Sutton - Signal Flow in Suriname
Damian Kearns - Olympic Glory at CBC

2006.03
Shop Talk: Lee J. While - ETF Software
Vic Florencia: Juno Nomination
ECMA Engineer Award
Craig Kadoke: Sound for Lord of the Rings, Toronto
Independent Hip Hop with Pete Rock
Steve Albini at Sundae Sound

2006.02
Shop Talk: Jeremy Glenn - Logic Pro 7
Cross-Canada Skateboarding Documentary
David Ciccarelli - Interactive Voices
Siegfried Meier nominated for Producer of the Year

2006.01
OIART Leads SSL Sponsored Workshop in Los Angeles
Ryan Castle: credits include OASIS, Stones, McCartney...
SONY Donates APR-24 Analog Multitrack machine
Tim Kingsbury's group, The Arcade Fire, Hits #1